Content Marketing Manager salary

Average content marketing manager salary

$84,566

$40.66 hourly rate

Entry-level content marketing manager salary
$65,000 yearly salary
Updated January 8, 2025

How much does a content marketing manager make?

The average content marketing manager salary in the United States is $84,566. Content marketing manager salaries typically range between $65,000 and $108,000 yearly. The average hourly rate for content marketing managers is $40.66 per hour.

Content marketing manager salary is impacted by location, education, and experience. Content marketing managers earn the highest average salary in Rhode Island.

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Content Marketing Manager

Experience Level
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Entry-level content marketing manager$62,800$30.18
Mid-level content marketing manager$67,100$32.24
Senior-level content marketing manager$153,000$73.33

Content Marketing Manager salary estimates from across the web

Based on the latest salary information compiled by Zippia, Salary.com, Glassdoor and Payscale, the average salary for a content marketing manager typically falls between $74,645 and $124,598.
zippia
$84,566yearly
glassdoor[1]
$88,116yearly
Salary.com[2]
$124,598yearly
payscale[3]
$74,645yearly

Average content marketing manager salary by state

The highest-paying states for content marketing managers are Rhode Island, California, and Washington. The lowest average content marketing manager salary states are Alabama, Minnesota, and Florida.

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Highest paying states for content marketing managers

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1Rhode Island$100,457$48.30
2Washington$94,887$45.62
3Pennsylvania$91,088$43.79
4California$98,379$47.30
5Massachusetts$91,141$43.82
6North Carolina$86,339$41.51
7Virginia$89,746$43.15
8New York$86,774$41.72
9Illinois$86,132$41.41
10Connecticut$84,029$40.40
11South Carolina$88,111$42.36
12Wisconsin$83,486$40.14
13Oregon$80,686$38.79
14District of Columbia$83,822$40.30
15North Dakota$77,592$37.30
16Texas$78,929$37.95
17Ohio$79,294$38.12
18Delaware$84,500$40.63
19New Jersey$82,780$39.80
20Nevada$79,475$38.21
21Arizona$80,543$38.72
22Michigan$79,651$38.29
23West Virginia$80,988$38.94
24Maryland$82,495$39.66
25Idaho$80,522$38.71
26Georgia$77,305$37.17
27Arkansas$75,507$36.30
28New Hampshire$73,727$35.45
29Utah$74,685$35.91
30New Mexico$75,616$36.35
31Colorado$75,370$36.24
32Alaska$76,168$36.62
33Tennessee$73,038$35.11
34Hawaii$74,255$35.70
35Wyoming$69,181$33.26
36Maine$72,066$34.65
37Mississippi$74,607$35.87
38Iowa$74,269$35.71
39Indiana$74,158$35.65
40Montana$73,533$35.35
41Minnesota$67,239$32.33
42South Dakota$68,328$32.85
43Vermont$72,029$34.63
44Missouri$72,231$34.73
45Kentucky$68,727$33.04
46Florida$66,908$32.17
47Louisiana$69,390$33.36
48Kansas$66,460$31.95
49Nebraska$64,936$31.22
50Alabama$67,279$32.35
51Oklahoma$66,668$32.05

Highest paying cities for content marketing managers

The highest-paying cities for content marketing managers are San Francisco, CA, Seattle, WA, and Philadelphia, PA.

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1San Francisco, CA$107,427$51.65
2Seattle, WA$95,735$46.03
3Philadelphia, PA$91,646$44.06
4Boston, MA$91,266$43.88
5Arlington, VA$90,650$43.58
6Charleston, SC$88,001$42.31
7Raleigh, NC$87,103$41.88
8New York, NY$86,934$41.80
9Chicago, IL$86,474$41.57
10Stamford, CT$84,060$40.41
11Washington, DC$83,929$40.35
12Newark, NJ$82,767$39.79
13Portland, OR$80,856$38.87
14Phoenix, AZ$80,595$38.75
15Cleveland, OH$80,446$38.68
16Charleston, WV$80,293$38.60
17Detroit, MI$79,961$38.44
18Austin, TX$79,700$38.32
19Atlanta, GA$77,206$37.12
20Denver, CO$75,385$36.24

Content Marketing Manager salary details

A content marketing manager's salary ranges from $65,000 a year at the 10th percentile to $108,000 at the 90th percentile.

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Average Content Marketing Manager Salary Graph, Trends, and Summary

What is a content marketing manager's salary?

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90th Percentile$108,000$9,000$52
75th Percentile$96,000$8,000$46
Average$84,566$7,047$41
25th Percentile$74,000$6,167$36
10th Percentile$65,000$5,417$31

Highest paying content marketing manager jobs

The highest paying types of content marketing managers are senior manager of marketing, product marketing manager, and marketing lead.

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Manager, Field Marketing$93,296$7,775$44.85174,371
Marketing Strategist$80,033$6,669$38.4889,543
Marketing Lead$104,664$8,722$50.3292,987
Marketing Manager/Project Manager$78,368$6,531$37.68187,949
Marketing And Operations Manager$93,738$7,812$45.07152,231
Marketing Team Leader$67,150$5,596$32.28132,966

Top companies hiring content marketing managers now:

  1. Meta Jobs (11)
  2. Microsoft Jobs (8)
  3. Netflix Jobs (7)
  4. SAP Jobs (4)
  5. Amazon Jobs (10)

Which companies pay content marketing managers the most?

Content marketing manager salaries at Meta and Google are the highest-paying according to our most recent salary estimates. In addition, the average content marketing manager salary at companies like Apple and Microsoft are highly competitive.

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1Meta$145,072$69.75
2Google$134,326$64.58
3Apple$123,186$59.22
4Microsoft$121,667$58.49
5DoorDash$121,087$58.21
6Pacific Investment Management Company LLC$117,424$56.45
7IFTTT$116,826$56.17
8Netflix$116,581$56.05
9Atlassian$113,949$54.78
10Snowflake Computing$108,492$52.16
11Palo Alto Networks$104,947$50.46
12Intuit$104,282$50.14
13Uber Technologies$100,211$48.18
14Amazon$100,206$48.18
15Smartsheet$99,693$47.93
16J.P. Morgan$98,666$47.44
17WriterAccess$98,661$47.43
18ServiceNow$98,277$47.25
19LinkedIn$97,030$46.65
20Vista Equity Partners$96,259$46.28

Wage gap by gender, race and education

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Content Marketing Manager salary by industry

The average content marketing manager salary varies across industries:

  • The average content marketing manager salary in the finance industry is $89,000, the highest of any industry.
  • The average content marketing manager salary in the finance industry is $88,899.
  • Content marketing managers in the real estate industry earn an average salary of $79,569, the lowest of any industry.

Highest paying industries for content marketing managers

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1Finance$89,000$42.79
2Manufacturing$88,899$42.74
3Technology$85,005$40.87
4Professional$82,655$39.74
5Start-up$82,232$39.53
6Media$82,151$39.50
7Real Estate$79,569$38.25

High Paying Content Marketing Manager Jobs

Content Marketing Manager salary trends

The average content marketing manager salary has risen by $15,561 over the last ten years. In 2014, the average content marketing manager earned $69,005 annually, but today, they earn $84,566 a year. That works out to a 8% change in pay for content marketing managers over the last decade.

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Average content marketing manager salary over time

Compare content marketing manager salaries for individual cities or states with the national average.

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Content Marketing Manager salary by year

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2025$84,600$40.66+3.7%
2024$81,400$39.14+1.9%
2023$79,900$38.40+1.5%
2022$78,700$37.81+0.8%
2021$78,000$37.51+1.9%

Recently added content marketing manager salaries

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AppomniContent Marketing ManagerSan Francisco, CA12/17/2024$80,750
My Tiny Rocket LLCWpromote DEC Senior Content Marketing Manager * Marketing Growth ContentConde, SD12/16/2024$60,000
Remotefront Pvt. Ltd.Content Marketing ManagerSan Francisco, CA12/16/2024$252,000
Marsh & McLennan CompaniesOliver Wyman-Content Marketing Manager, Financial ServicesNew York, NY12/15/2024$85,000
Via Transportation, Inc.Content Marketing PrincipalNew York, NY12/15/2024$120,000
BenchlingContent Marketing ManagerSan Francisco, CA12/15/2024$125,000
Marsh McLennan Agency-MichiganOliver Wyman-Content Marketing Manager, Financial ServicesNew York, NY12/15/2024$85,000
Rue Gilt GroupeChannel Content Marketing ManagerBoston, MA12/15/2024$100,000
MetaAgency Content Marketing ManagerNew York, NY12/14/2024$113,000
MetaAgency Content Marketing ManagerMenlo Park, CA12/14/2024$113,000

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